The Master Your Craft Study

The Master Your Craft Study

By Jakob GollonSports
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The Master Your Craft Study episodes

  • Austen Lane - NFL Player, MMA Fighter (UFC Contender Series)
    After 5 years in the NFL, Austen Lane is hanging up the helmet and entering the cage. In this interview, Austen tells us how being an athlete teaches you a special set of lessons that carry over into other sports and even into your life and career later. He also details some of his routine and how important health and mindfulness have been in his journey.
    1 hr 3 min
  • Caleb Brown - Football Player, Professional Painter
    Master painter, CALEB BROWN, who’s done paintings for Grammy Award Winners, Super Bowl MVPs and Platinum Recording Artists, sits down with Jakob Gollon to talk about the lessons he learned as a Division 1 college football player and how it has helped him become a better man and a better artist.
    53 min
  • Ben Provisor - 2x Olympian, 4x National Champ
    THE MASTER YOUR CRAFT STUDY - EPISODE 4
    HOST: Jakob Gollon
    GUEST: Ben Provisor | 2-time Olympian, 4-time National Champ, Team USA | Greco-Roman Wrestler
    SUMMARY:
    - Olympic Greco-Roman Wrestling
    - After Wrestling / WWE and UFC
    - Toughness, football story
    - Team Sports vs. Solo Sports
    - Mental Toughness
    - Sacrifices / social life
    - Preparation, confidence
    - Failures and Anxieties, relationship issues, resistance
    - Book: The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo
    - The Attitude of Gratitude - Cael Sanderson
    - Penn State Wrestling Mentality
    - Work smarter, not harder
    - Grit: “gotta bit down”
    - Skills you learn from being an athlete
    - Never going to quit, never going to give up.
    - 2020 Olympics
    Thanks for listening!
    Please help us spread the wisdom with other athletes, coaches, and trainers who are on their pursuit for craft mastery!
    Love you all,
    Jakob Gollon
    36 min
  • Janel McCarville - WNBA #1 Draft Pick
    THE MASTER YOUR CRAFT STUDY - EPISODE 3
    GUEST: Janel McCarville | Professional Basketball Player - WNBA & EuroLeague (Twitter + IG: @janelmccarville)
    SUMMARY:
    - Career longevity - the game keeps calling
    - When did Janel realize her ability?
    - Sacrifice - family and friends don’t always understand
    - Daily Schedule at Minnesota
    - Struggles - performance slumps, Pro basketball is a business, cultural barriers
    - Pressure, and how to deal with it
    - Developing your niche or identity - “versatile”
    - Mentor or Hero - Family, Lindsay Whalen
    - Championship games
    - Routines - Visualization & Positive thinking
    - Teamwork
    - Waking thought: “Put in the work when nobody’s watching, so when all the eyes are on you, you’ll be ready.”
    THE USUALS:
    Grit
    Skills you learn from basketball
    Thanks for listening!
    Advice for us? Questions? Know someone who we should have on the show? HIT US UP! We love interacting with people in the MYC Family.
    Social: @theMYCteam | @jakobgollon
    43 min
  • Jordan McCabe - Nationally Ranked HS Basketball Player (West Virginia)
    THE MASTER YOUR CRAFT STUDY – EPISODE 2
    GUEST: Jordan McCabe | Basketball Player | Incoming Freshman - West Virginia
    SUMMARY:
    - Fears, anxieties, dark times on a long journey to try and be the best
    - Breakdowns and crying in front of his dad
    - He's different - not into the hype, or peer pressure
    - Being a "savage" player does not have to carry over off the court
    - Growing as a person
    - Using your platform for positive influence
    - "If the best thing I do in my lifetime is play basketball, then I've failed."
    - Mentors: Dad, Steph Curry
    - Where does competitiveness come from?
    - Strict schedule / routine
    - Where could Jordan improve right now?
    - "People limit themselves"
    - Impacting your community - Jamal Crawford
    - Jordan's take on GRIT
    - 30 seconds to talk to a younger you
    - Mind Gym - Gary Mack
    - The Man in the Arena - Teddy Roosevelt
    - Virtue: Kindness, Action: Work
    More from him? Search @jordanmccabe5 on all of your social media.
    OUR SOCIALS - @theMYCteam
    39 min

About The Master Your Craft Study

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This is a study of Athletic Excellence. On this podcast, elite sports figures answer questions, share their stories, and offer wisdom and advice that they've learned through the lens of athletics.